Visa Breakdown for a Single Fiscal Year
Grand total FY2005: 5,388,951 visas · showing 50 of 85 classes
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| Visa Code | Description | Visas Issued | % of Total | Category | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,709,468 | 50.2782% | — | |
| B1/B2/BCC | Combination B-1/B-2 and Border Crossing Card | 732,566 | 13.5939% | — | |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 275,161 | 5.1060% | Tricky | |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 245,829 | 4.5617% | — | |
| F1 | Student (academic or language training program) | 237,890 | 4.4144% | — | |
| C1/D | Combination transit/crew member (indiv. iss.) | 229,115 | 4.2516% | — | |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing | 124,099 | 2.3028% | Worker | |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 87,492 | 1.6235% | Worker | |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, and immediate family | 83,051 | 1.5411% | — | |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1A/B/B1/C, H-2A/B/R, or H | 70,266 | 1.3039% | Dependent | |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized | 65,458 | 1.2147% | Worker | |
| C1 | Person in transit | 65,272 | 1.2112% | — | |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 57,523 | 1.0674% | Dependent | |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 52,649 | 0.9770% | Tricky | |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 33,910 | 0.6293% | — | |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 31,892 | 0.5918% | Worker | |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 28,661 | 0.5318% | — | |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse and children | 28,290 | 0.5250% | Tricky | |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of an | 23,907 | 0.4436% | Worker | |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 20,930 | 0.3884% | — | |
| D | Crew member (sea or air) (individual issuance) | 19,989 | 0.3709% | — | |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F-1 student | 18,061 | 0.3351% | — | |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 16,975 | 0.3150% | — | |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government | 13,703 | 0.2543% | — | |
| K3 | Certain spouse of U.S. citizen | 11,312 | 0.2099% | — | |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant | 10,537 | 0.1955% | — | |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat, consul, and immediate family | 9,944 | 0.1845% | — | |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 9,611 | 0.1783% | Worker | |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse and children | 8,867 | 0.1645% | Worker | |
| R1 | Person in a religious occupation | 8,538 | 0.1584% | Worker | |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education | 6,712 | 0.1246% | Worker | |
| NATO2 | Other representatives of member states to NATO (including any | 5,893 | 0.1094% | — | |
| M1 | Vocational and other nonacademic student | 5,822 | 0.1080% | — | |
| K2 | Child of fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5,308 | 0.0985% | — | |
| G1 | Principal resident representive of recognized foreign member | 4,995 | 0.0927% | — | |
| K4 | Child of K | 3,438 | 0.0638% | — | |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic | 3,387 | 0.0629% | Worker | |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R | 3,267 | 0.0606% | Dependent | |
| Q1 | Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | 1,972 | 0.0366% | Worker | |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 1,941 | 0.0360% | Dependent | |
| TN | United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) | 1,902 | 0.0353% | Worker | |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O | 1,861 | 0.0345% | Dependent | |
| H3 | Trainee | 1,763 | 0.0327% | Worker | |
| H2R | Returning H2B worker | 1,643 | 0.0305% | Worker | |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2, and immediate family | 1,227 | 0.0228% | — | |
| V3 | Child of V1 or V | 1,165 | 0.0216% | — | |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P | 1,022 | 0.0190% | Dependent | |
| G5 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1 through G-4, and immediate family | 998 | 0.0185% | — | |
| V2 | Certain Child of Legal Permanent Resident | 951 | 0.0176% | — | |
| V1 | Certain Spouse of Legal Permanent Resident | 911 | 0.0169% | — |